Wild and Wrangled (Rebel Blue Ranch #4) by Lyla Sage
From the bestselling author of Done and Dusted and Swift and Saddled, the next book in the Rebel Blue Ranch series, a small-town romance in which past lovers get a second chance to rediscover what they lost.
Camille Ashwood had always loved a plan. Her latest was her best yet. She was going to get married so she could secure her daughter’s future, get her overbearing parents off her back, and finally start building her own life in small-town Meadowlark, Wyoming. Easy, right?
But when her groom doesn’t show up to the wedding, Cam’s life is turned upside down—she doesn’t even have a place to live. That is until she finds out the house she’s loved since high school is available to rent. There’s only one the neighbor.
Dusty Tucker has spent nearly all of his adult life running. Running from what, though? More like Cam Ashwood. But ever since he returned home last year, the girl who was his first, well, everything has become a woman seemingly determined to keep him at arm’s length. And he was okay with that—at least, that’s what he kept telling himself. She was getting married, after all. But now she’s single and living next door. Dusty wants to show her that they can be friends, and that he can stay put.
Despite her best attempts to stay far away from Dusty Tucker, Cam realizes that being close to him is like slipping into her favorite jeans. Easy. Comfortable. That is until past wounds start to open and feelings—both old and new—wreak havoc. Nearly ten years after they first met, Dusty and Cam begin to wonder if their first love can also be their last. And this time, will it be forever?
Review: Honestly so sad to finish this last book in the Rebel Blue Ranch series! I was a reader who didn't *love* book one, but I'm so glad I continued with the series. The author does such a great job of weaving characters and storylines from the previous books into the plot and it's fun to get to continue to see characters we know well continue to pop up as the series progresses. I have been looking forward to Cam's story for the last several books, as we have seen her pop up as a single mom in a not particularly great engagement in previous stories and enjoyed finally getting to hear her story!
This was a satisfying second chance romance. In the aftermath of what should have been Cam's wedding day, it is Dusty, a man from her past, her first love, that keeps popping up in her life. It was so fun that the two have history going back to their youth, and I enjoyed the flashback chapters where we get to see that early relationship and what pulled them apart in the first place.
I do wish we could have gotten more insight into how Cam and Gus's daughter came about! I kept wondering what the story was in previous books and was hoping we'd get a little more explanation. I really do appreciate the way the two coparent and how supportive they are of each other, both when it comes to co-parenting but also of each other's relationships.
These books have been wonderful on audio. I particularly appreciate the dual narration, with male and female narrators voicing alternate chapters, and find it adds so much to my enjoyment of the story.
Stars: 4
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